To the Editor: Storage needed to avoid book destruction

To the Editor:

Last fall, 2025, adverse weather held me out of town and I missed the [Friends of the Library] book sale. But I did make it in time to find two big blue recycle tubs outside the Library. My first thought was, ‘I hope this isn’t what I think it is?’ Lifting the lid I found my worst fears were true. Both blue tubs, filled to the brim with unsold books, from a three hour ‘Buy Period.’ Unsold and now shipped off to be shredded and pulped. Now, after the April 11th book sale, two more blue tubs are filled with unsold books. Since then, I’ve tried to get to the bottom of why things ar...